Hell to Eternity

“The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!”

Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.

Director

Phil Karlson

Screenplay

Ted Sherdeman

Screenplay

Walter Roeber Schmidt

Music

Leith Stevens

Status

Released

Release date

01/08/1960

Original language

English

Budget

US$ 1 M